The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-05
THE lISyISCInLE REPORTER,
How He Gets the News Let Who VIII Come
between.

| iip" Htts Tue ANe"bLCN WIN III SOlut
| between.
Chicago Inter. Ocean.
! remember one occasion, more .bsI
twenty years ago, when the Representa-
tives Of several papers were directed tc
learn al they could about secret CAUCUS
Each man was on his mettle, but oil kept
al safe distances from the room in which
the noted politicians met. When the
meeting WEI called 10 order the reporters
were in despair, because they we're under
guard, az it we're, in room separated
from the assembly hall by q wide corridor,
or 60 situated that they could zee nothing
and hear nothing. But it 80 happened
that along that side OF the hall WIS a mum.
Der OF los windows. Tho heavy ground
glass prevented those who used the cor,i-
dor from seeing what Was going,on within,
but. admitted the light.
As tho eeven o, eight newspaper men
! were citing NieconEolate, looking scross to
the Caucus room, the SHADOW OF man ap.
peared on the glass Of the almost cont;nu.
GUS window extending along the aide.
some one. had mounted the chair to ad.
GreBs the chairman oil the meeting, and
tho boyg recognized him by his gesturea.
In the midst o! what appeared 10 be q
rather excited speech he waa pulled down
from behind, and another man little fur.
ther 10 tho front popped mp. Tho new
speaker was recognized by the contour OF
hiE head and the cut OF his clothcG. This
reporters scattered at onCo 10 different
points OF observation, and when the can.
cus ended th0y had Il pret.y fair record OF
tie peHsons who had spoken. Knowing
| who the Fpea&eiH Stood on tho question
before the meeting, they made up from
| their shRdow pant0mime certain prognOs-
tcations rs to what wGs said, on which
they interviewed every man whosothadow
they had seen ca tho ground glass OF the
Windows.
Going to one man q reporter would cav,
Baker tnlkH too much with his hands,
doeant he?' and then hc would 20
| through the gestures characteristic OF Mr..
! Bekor when he was much excited, nc.
compsnying them with q certain declara-
| non OF his own, This would be grso,eI
with q laugh and corrections would b,
| mhdc. To another mnn another reporter
would cay that bic rcInaTka had been crit.
| ciscd by some one Who iHiasiGked his ges.
tureB and who gave OH! the impreDgion
that the old gentleman had made goose
OF himself, and the reporter would indulge
| IN some extrRvAgant gcBlIfeB ChArNctcris.
tic OF the speaker. 1hia would be- follow.
ed by an indignant denial and by y lagty
statement OF what he did say. Working
| in Min uuv the grvpn men hrfuyn ,,;l
night had by comparing notes and o5ser-
vuuoHa written out pretty fair report Of
what occurred insido tho hall.
"The best things Of that kind" said
m OIL correspondent, faro d one nj WaBh-
ineton. Tho getting hold Of pointers by
winch they can write out IN Intelligent
AcC0nnt OF q CanCug or u BrCrGt sttBiOn Of
tho Senate hgH become ECienCB with the
Washington Repertoire. imagine Tint the
most OF the information comes IRON men
who never know that they give Il single
point OF any interest or importance to any
one, and yet tho men who do thi4 work
respect tho confidence Q! Senators, md
many OF them have carried Tor ycHrs mat
tern ft the creates: importance conilGod 10
tn. m M friends. All THE, however, Ia in
dependent OF or apart IRON any action
they taxa M news gathefeSH, aBH most OF
the SenntorB md Representatives, nmder-
stand. They know that they can tell
thing to newspaper man IN confidence
and lhat confidence will be respected.
lhry know also that Wien reporter
means to get CERTAIN iVtH iiIat he wii! do |
il, Hnd thu ,noHt Of thGm do not put any /
obHtaGle8 IN hiH way"